§ 273

Law § 273 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man hired a hireling, from the beginning of the year until the fifth month he will give six grains of silver for one day; from the sixth month until the end of the year he will give five grains of silver for one day.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Labor, Equipment, Fees

Cuneiform

Law § 273 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 31–32, col. R XXIII, lns. 8–19)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum lúagram(ḪUN.GÁ) i-gur iš-tu re-eš ša-at-tim a-di ḫa-am-ši-im ITI-im 6 uṭṭet(ŠE) KUG.BABBAR i-na UD.1.KAM i-na-ad-di-in iš-tu še20-ši-im ITI-im a-di ta-aq-ti-it(!DA) ša-at-tim 5 uṭṭet(ŠE) KUG.BABBAR i-na UD.1.KAM i-na-ad-di-in

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 246)

Normalization

šumma awīlum agram īgur ištu rēš šattim adi ḫamšim warḫim šediš? uṭṭet kaspam ina ištēn ūmim inaddin ištu šeššim warḫim adi taqtīt šattim ḫamiš uṭṭet kaspam ina ištēn ūmim inaddin.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 55)

Translation

If a man hired a hireling, from the beginning of the year until the fifth month he will give six grains of silver for one day; from the sixth month until the end of the year he will give five grains of silver for one day.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 55)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 273 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 8 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/273. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, November 8). § 273 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/273

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 273 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 8, 2023. Modified January 19, 2025. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/273.

Bibliography

ACH

Abulhab, Saad D. The Law Code of Hammurabi: Transliterated and Literally Translated from its Early Classical Arabic Language. New York, NY: Blautopf, 2017.

CHTP

Bergmann, Eugen. Codex Ḫammurabi: Textus Primigenius. Rome, Italy: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1953.

HAG3

Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.

HKEY3

Huehnergard, John. Key to a Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.

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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library & Search Engine." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation, accessed November 14, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

RHL

Richardson, Mervyn E.J. Hammurabi's Laws: Text, Translation and Glossary. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2004.

SoT

Sound of Text Contributors. "Sound of Text: AI Text-to-Speech." Accessed November 14, 2023. https://soundoftext.app. [Visit]

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